Intelligent Person's Guide Genetics - Couverture souple

Woolfson, Adrian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0715634232 ISBN 13 : 9780715634233

Editeur : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Intelligent Person's Guide Genetics Adrian Woolfson explores the ethical minefield of genetics in the latest book in the popular INTELLIGENT PERSON'S GUIDE series. In a laboratory in America, a scientist Craig Ventor having successfully constructed a man-made virus, is now in the process of building the world's first artificial creature. His work is part of a revolutionary new type of 'synthetic' biology, which aims not just to unde... Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur

An in-depth and accessible survey of the most exciting and controversial discipline in modern science. Recent radical developments in genetics focus on a revolutionary new type of "synthetic" biology, which aims not just to understand how living things work, but to build them from scratch. At the same time, new research shows that Neanderthal man was a distinct type of human - but not our ancestor. The DNA record is an imperfect time machine but it can help reconstruct our past - and, almost inevitable, shape our future, as mankind will almost certainly soon be able to redesign itself. But how will such work be guided? What is needed is a manifesto for life, which acclaimed author Adrian Woolfson delivers in AN INTELLIGENT PERSON S GUIDE TO GENETICS, his examination of life and its future possibilities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0715634232
• ISBN 13: 9780715634233
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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